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    NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING AUGUST 25 2019
    IN OUR 24th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

    BOARD COMMENT 25 August by Peter VK8ZZ

    THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
    WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
    AND FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 25 2019



    WIA

    WIA board minutes on wia.org.au click WIA Information.


    Roster of Directors heard usually as follows
    Harry VK6YBZ, Greg VK2GPK (President), Peter VK8ZZ (Secretary),
    Mike VK8MA, Aidan VK4APN


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    BOARD COMMENT 25 August by Peter VK8ZZ

    Good morning all

    The Wireless Institute of Australia is keen to find some Editors to
    assist Harry VK6YBZ, The WIA Editor in Chief .

    The Editorial roles will be for both Electronic and the more
    traditional types of media. The WIA would like to find say three or
    four sub editors so as to share the workload of the responsibilities
    held by those positions.

    So if you fancy you could assist in this regard then please put your
    hand up to assist.

    Please send any expressions of interest to Secretary@wia.org.au

    The WIA has finalised its submission to the ACMA and details have
    been published to members. The submission will also be available on
    the WIA web site, wia.org.au





    THE ITALIAN JOB - LOSS.

    If you always wanted to broadcast on 2GO’s old frequency (801 kHz AM)
    it might be up for grabs right now.

    Jose Auditore of the "Radio GreenRoom" facebook site says
    'Rete Italia is abandoning 21 of its services in NSW, Queensland and
    Victoria. Might be a good chance to run a real radio station.

    Wollongong is also available on 1575 which used to be 2 Double 0.

    Italian Media Corporation’s Board of Directors has made the immediate
    publication of the following statement:

    “We regret to inform the Italian communities of Australia – in
    particular the listeners of Rete Italia – that, due to the high cost
    of broadcasting and technical maintenance across all of Australia, it
    has become necessary to reduce the number of frequencies which
    transmit Rete Italia.”

    This means that, as of Thursday, August 22, 21 frequencies will no
    longer transmit Rete Italia programs.

    ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/ausbroadcast/ )

    The 21 frequencies are:

    Victoria: Mildura 89.1FM
    New South Wales: Newcastle/Gosford 801AM; Wollongong 1575AM;
    Griffith 90.5FM
    ACT: Canberra South 1638AM
    Queensland: Gold Coast 1620AM; Atherton 99.1FM;
    Ingham 96.9FM; Mackay 1611AM;
    Rockhampton 1611AM; Gladstone1620AM;
    Toowoomba1620AM
    South Australia: Mount Gambier 1629AM
    West Australia: Perth 657AM; Esperance 1611AM;
    Kalgoorlie 1611AM; Albany 1629AM
    North Territory: Darwin 1611AM
    Tasmania: Launceston 1611AM; Devonport 1611AM; Hobart 1611AM

    The seven frequencies which will continue to transmit Rete Italia
    programs are:

    Victoria: Melbourne1593AM; Shepparton1629AM; Swan Hill 87.6FM;
    Wangaratta1620AM
    New South Wales: Sydney1539AM
    Queensland: Brisbane 1620AM; Sunshine Coast 1620AM

    This a painful decision made by the Board of Directors, but a
    necessary one to safeguard the future of the company, which this
    year celebrates the 60th anniversary of the foundation of Il Globo
    and the 72nd birthday of La Fiamma.

    Sourced to the Wireless Institute of Australia anf the "Green Room"

    wia.org.au

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/ausbroadcast/




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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club,
    ARRL, RAC, NZART AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the World Wide sources of
    the WIA.


    IARU prepares for Key CEPT meeting

    The final CEPT Conference Preparatory Group meeting prior to WRC-19
    takes place from tomorrow, Monday 26th of August.

    In a report from the Radio Society of Great Britain they say most
    of its papers are now available, including on current hot topics
    in the 6m, 2m and 23cm bands, where RSGB volunteers have been working
    hard to support the IARU.

    In summary, at 50MHz IARU hopes that the European Common Proposal for
    WRC-19 will be supported, with as many administrations as possible
    signing the optional footnote to allow amateurs Primary access on a
    national basis in the lower part of the band.

    The 144-146MHz band is subject to the French proposal for a WRC-23
    agenda item for aeronautical use. IARU and its Member Societies
    have been busy in recent weeks. IARU has submitted a paper to the
    meeting that includes background on amateur usage and regulatory
    concerns. It also includes a basic technical analysis showing the
    impracticality of such a proposal and believes there are much more
    appropriate parts of the spectrum for such an application.

    Turning to 23cm, there has been concern about a few cases of
    interference from amateur signals to the Galileo navigation system,
    specific to its E6 sub-band at 1260-1300MHz. It is IARU's firm
    view, and stated in the paper it has submitted, that this should
    be properly studied within CEPT, rather than proposed as an agenda
    item for WRC-23.

    IARU experts will be present in the CEPT meeting to explain on
    these topics and other agenda items of interest, including other
    microwave bands and wireless power.

    You can read more at www.rsgb.org/wrc-19





    INDIA

    The BBC World Service has stepped up shortwave broadcasts to Jammu
    and Kashmir states in northern India during the media shutdown in
    the region.

    The Director of the BBC World Service, Jamie Angus, says:
    “The provision of independent and trusted news in places of conflict
    and tension is one of the core purposes of the World Service.

    "Given the shutdown of digital services and phone lines in the region
    it’s right for us to try and increase the provision of news on our
    short wave radio services. Audiences in both India and Pakistan
    trust the BBC to speak with an independent voice, and we know that
    our reporting through several moments of crisis this year has been
    popular and valued by audiences who turn to us when tensions are
    highest.”

    BBC News Hindi radio output (9515 and 11995kHz) will be extended by
    30 minutes, BBC News Urdu will launch a 15-minute daily programme,
    at 12.30pm local time on 15310kHz and 13650kHz.

    BBC World Service English broadcasts (11795kHz, 9670kHz, 9580kHz,
    7345kHz, 6040kHz) will be expanded, with the morning programming
    extended by an hour, ending at 8.30am local time; and the afternoon
    and evening programming starting an hour earlier, at 4.30pm local
    time.





    SWEDEN

    Alexanderson Alternator station SAQ says it received 438 listener
    reports — “an incredible amount” — for its June 30 Alexanderson Day
    transmissions from Sweden including 8 'super' DX reports, five from
    the USA and three from Canada.

    The historic electro-mechanical transmitter, which dates back to the
    1920s, is fired up periodically throughout the year on 17.2 kHz.

    “We are very thankful for all your enthusiastic and
    positive feedback, with images, recordings, videos,
    and even Morse ink writer strips,” SAQ said.

    The station is a World Heritage Site in Grimeton, Sweden and SAQ’s
    June 30 message commemorated the 100th anniversary of the first
    east-to-west transatlantic voice transmission from the Marconi
    station in Ireland to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

    SAQ has posted an interactive map showing the locations of all
    received listener reports from recent transmissions and video of the
    Alexanderson Day transmission event has been posted to its YouTube
    channel.

    https://www.youtube.com/user/AlexanderSAQ/videos




    BELGIUM

    Belgium's Flemish broadcaster VRT falsely said radio amateurs were
    likely responsible for the transmission of fictional traffic
    information to vehicle dashboard screens

    VRT News published the story on August 13, a Google translation of
    what they said reads:

    "The burglars are most likely radio amateurs. These are people who
    have equipment with which they can pick up on an FM frequency.
    You listen to national channels via different masts that are
    scattered in Flanders. A radio amateur can then actually connect to
    a local transmission tower, and in that way forward the false traffic
    information. That can be seen on the dashboard for a maximum of
    15 minutes, until your car is no longer connected to the transmission
    tower."

    This incorrect story was clearly damaging to the reputation of
    radio amateurs and Belgium's national amateur radio society, the UBA,
    was quick to respond, contacting VRT and issuing a press release.

    VRT have since corrected their story.

    It is not the first time that local traffic information has been
    disrupted in Belgium. At the beginning of March, drivers between
    Brussels and Ghent were also given false traffic information.




    USA

    Through Saturday, August 24, USA time, time stations WWV and WWVH
    will transmit a US Department of Defence message in conjunction with
    the COMEX 19-3 interoperability exercise taking place in Tennessee.

    The broadcast also urges listeners to complete a survey on WWV/WWVH
    listenership and listening habits.

    The messages are being broadcast on WWV at 10 minutes past the hour
    and on WWVH at 50 minutes past the hour.

    WWV and WWVH transmit on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 MHz.

    In this week’s WIA Operational News, VK4FUQ Felix will bring us details
    on a very special station and event in association with these
    'time of your life' stations, so, "keep it here".





    What happens when hams team up with the military in a communications
    exercise that envisions a major earthquake?

    Well 7 San Diego area hams using Winlink were part of the United
    States Navy's recent preparedness exercise known as Citadel Rumble
    2019. The two-day earthquake response and recovery exercise at
    Navy Medicine West in San Diego was designed to sharpen the Navy's
    ability to respond to disaster by following established response
    plans. With the help of seven San Diego area Winlink operators,
    Navy Medicine West checked in with Naval Hospital Bremerton Naval
    Health Clinic Oak Harbor, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka,
    U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa and U.S. Naval Hospital Guam.


    They operated four Winlink stations simultaneously ( 3 VHF and
    1 HF) with minimum mutual interference. This was the second year
    that they participated in Citadel Rumble with the Navy Medical focus
    being an earthquake scenario north of Seattle.



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    HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT

    All major Australian contests, rules and results, are on the
    Contest Section of the WIA website.

    wia.org.au/members/contests/about


    2019

    This weekend it's the ALARA contest August 24/25

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    ITS NO CONTEST: CHICK MAKES GENEROUS GIFT TO FOUNDATION

    There seems to be no limit to the spirit of giving that can be found
    in the ham radio community. Heather Embee KB3TZD shares an example.

    "Delaware amateur Chick Allen NW3Y devotes himself to contesting at
    his QTH in this mid-Atlantic State as well as his QTH in the
    New England state of Vermont. Chick notes on his QR Zed page that
    he's devoted to CW operation, a member of the Frankford Radio Club
    and sends and receives paper QSL cards. He is also devoted to the
    future of amateur radio and recently made that known through a
    donation of $25,000 to the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation, a
    non-profit organization that cultivates skilful contesting and other
    radio activities.

    Chick noted that he hoped his gift would be used to train and
    encourage the youngest hams among us to pursue creative contesting
    and carry the hobby into the future.

    For Amateur Radio Newsline (and WIA) I'm Heather Embee KB3TZD.


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    On air is 9 U 3 TMM from Burundi August 31 to 17th September.
    Listen for 9U3TMM on 60 – 6m on SSB, RTTY and FT8.
    QSL 9U3TMM via Club Log OQRS.

    (irts)


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    Members of the Russian Robinson Club will activate Sledge Island
    in Alaska from 28th August – 2nd September.
    This one counts as NA-210 for the Islands on the Air Award and the
    callsign to be used again is KL 7 RRC / P.
    QSL via Club Log OQRS.

    (irts)

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    The Royal Amateur Radio Association of Morocco is active using the
    special event callsign 5 E 6 A for their National Celebrations until
    September 29th. QSL direct to EA 7 FTR.

    (ARNewsLine)

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    WW-ZERO-WWV

    The WWV Centennial Committee is conducting a trial run of special
    event station WW 0 WWV this weekend, August 24 – 25 and is set up
    adjacent to the WWV transmitter site in Fort Collins, Colorado.

    WWV turns 100 years old on October 1.


    “We are testing band and notch filtering in an attempt to reign in
    the extreme RF environment created by WWV and WWVB,” said Dave
    Swartz, W0DAS, of the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club.

    The WWV Centennial special event itself is set to run from
    September 28 through October 2, and round-the-clock operation
    will take place on CW, SSB, and digital modes.

    Operations will shift among HF bands following typical propagation
    and will include 160 meters as well as satellites (SO-50, AO-91, and
    AO-92) and 6-meter meteor scatter.

    (arrl)


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    ARRL has incorporated changes to the rules for all ARRL-sponsored
    contests and DXCC, prohibiting automated contacts.

    These changes also apply to the Worked All States, VHF/UHF Century
    Club, and Fred Fish, W5FF, Memorial awards.

    ARRL had pointed to “growing concern over fully automated contacts
    being made and claimed” for contest and DXCC credit. The rules now
    require that each claimed contact include contemporaneous direct
    initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact.

    Initiation of a contact may be either local or remote.

    Contemporaneous means 'existing at or occurring in the same period
    of time.'

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    WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS

    FEMALES IN RADIO.

    'QSL QUILT' GIVES BLANKET COVERAGE

    What's better than a QSL card? Try 50 QSL cards, all combined into a
    unique quilt.

    Margie, KK 4 AGN has been taking comfort in good old fashioned QSL
    cards since she started receiving them in 2011 as a new ham -- but
    there's another time-honoured symbol of comfort Margie also loves,
    quilts. With the help of a talented relative she was able to combine
    those two worlds last year.

    In a symbol of perfect unity, all 50 United States are represented in
    the replica QSL cards stitched together by a beloved aunt into
    something Margie calls her QSL quilt.

    There are squares stitched together representing the special event
    station she contacted in Utah, her 13 Colonies contact from Delaware
    and the Marconi station in Wellfleet Massachusetts. That's just for
    starters.

    The images of each card were transferred by inkjet printer to
    cotton fabric and with Margie's aunt working diligently, the quilt
    was QRV in less than four weeks. Since then she's been taking the
    quilt on tour to hamfests - most recently to the big one this month
    in Huntsville, Alabama - and she's even visited a couple of quilting
    clubs.

    A QSL quilt like this is the perfect example of what our hobby is all
    about - stitching together far-away places and far-away friends
    acknowledging ham radio's role in the real fabric of our lives.

    (ARNewsLine)





    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER

    The 14-month journey of China's microsatellite Longjiang-2 ended on
    July 31 with its intended crash onto the lunar surface.

    Weighing only 48 kilograms, it spent 437 days in lunar orbit,
    studying solar radiation and conducting radio astronomical
    observations. While it was in orbit, amateur radio operators
    had partnered with scientists at China's Harbin Institute of
    Technology to uplink commands to the tiny craft and receive data
    the satellite was transmitting. One of the images it captured was
    of the moon and Earth during the total solar eclipse on July 2nd.

    The final commands given to the satellite came from Reinhard Kuhn,
    DK5LA, whose ongoing work with Longjiang-2 since its launch in
    May 2018 made him the first radio amateur to communicate with a
    satellite in lunar orbit. His greatest challenge may well have come
    on the day the tiny craft was set to end its journey: A nearby
    lightning strike prompted him to unplug all his cables but he needed
    to reconnect a bit later - and he did - just before the tiny
    satellite passed behind the moon. Scientists believe 12 minutes
    after it went silent, it hit the lunar surface.

    (ARNewsLine)





    A new source of space radiation.

    As if astronauts didn't have enough to worry about.

    Researchers at UCLA using NASA's THEMIS spacecraft have identified
    a new source of space radiation. A natural particle accelerator
    embedded in Earth's own magnetic field is shooting "killer electrons"
    at satellites and departing spacecraft.

    Their research is highlighted on the August 10 edition of
    Spaceweather.com

    (SouthGate)





    Ideas sought for the next FUNcube satellite

    In November FUNcube-1 CubeSat will have been in orbit for 6 years
    and the FUNcube team are now soliciting suggestions for the next
    satellite

    The team are looking for suggestions for:
    • Confirmation of the satellite (2U / 3U)
    • Orbit (LEO / MEO)
    • STEM Outreach
    • Amateur Radio Payloads
    • Research Payloads

    Please email your ideas to:
    funcube-next@funcube.org.uk

    If you would like to join the team, please email:
    operations@funcube.org.uk

    (SouthGate)





    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FT4 and FT8

    World's first recorded FT8 contact on 122 GHz

    The ARRL reports VK 4 FB and VK 4 CSD, completed what is being
    claimed as the world’s first FT8 contact on 122 GHz during the
    August 11 contact over just under 100 kilometres.

    Signals were –17 dB on one end, and –20 dB on the other.

    arrl.org/news/australian-radio-amateur-reports-first-ft8-contact-on-122-ghz





    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS
    A Youth Net meets Saturdays at 0100 UTC on IRLP Reflector #2.
    Young Hams Net 3.590 - 7:30pm Victorian time.
    http://www.ham-yota.eu/
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair
    http://www.arrl.org/youth-nets


    NETHERLANDS CAMPGROUND PREPARES FOR YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR

    What's better than summer camp? How about winter camp?

    It's even better with ham radio, as John Williams VK4JJW tells us.

    "If you're a young radio operator - or even a prospective radio
    operator - it's not too early to start thinking about spending
    part of your winter in the Netherlands. Winter-YOTA, a sub-regional
    Youngsters On the Air Event, will open its radio camp on Thursday
    the 12th of December at a full-service forest campground near
    Oosterhout {pronounced OO-ster-OWT). Campers will enjoy a full
    agenda of radio activities as well as camping activities until
    Sunday, December 15th.

    The date coincides with December being declared again as YOTA Month,
    when young amateurs around the world will be on the air using call
    signs with the suffix Y-O-T-A. The winter campers themselves will be
    using the call sign PA 6 YOTA.

    It's important to note that the camp is open to prospective hams
    as well as licensed hams. Newcomers to the hobby - and young people
    who hope to get their license - all are welcome. The only requirement
    is that campers be between the ages of 16 and 25 and belong to one of
    the member societies of the IARU. If you have questions, send an
    email to winteryota@ham-yota.com

    In the Northern Hemisphere, winter will arrive before you know it!
    That's when those of us Down Under can start enjoying warmer
    temperatures again.

    I'm John Williams VK4JJW





    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
    http://www.scouts.com.au
    http://www.scout.org/jota
    http://www.international.scouts.com.au
    http://jotajoti.info/
    Brett Nicholas VK2BNN Scouts Australia National co-ordinator for JOTA.
    Lorraine O’Hare VK2FICQ is Girl Guides Australia National JOTA-JOTI
    Co-ordinator.

    CALLING FREQUENCIES
    Please QSY off the calling frequency after establishing communication.

    Australian voice calling frequencies:
    3.650, 7.090, 14.190, 21.190, 28.590, 52.160

    World CW calling frequencies:
    3.570, 7.030, 14.060, 18.080, 21.140, 24.910, 28.180, 50.160

    World voice calling frequencies:
    3.690 & 3.940 MHz, 7.090 & 7.190, 14.290, 18.140, 21.360,
    24.960, 28.390, 50.160


    Calling frequencies for Slow Scan TV (SSTV):
    3.630, 7.033, 14.227

    Calling Frequencies for PSK31
    14.070


    Its official, VK7HSD now has a shack!

    Huon Scout District club station, VK7HSD along with the Q store,
    have been officially opened on the 17th of August at the Huonville
    Scout & Guide Hall.

    50 Joey’s, Cub’s, Scout’s & Venture youth, plus leaders,
    State Commissioner of Scouts Tas along with the Huon Valley
    Mayor attended the ceremony.

    The Q store was rightly named “THE KAAPORT” in recognising of Mark’s
    Norris’s 25 years of scouting in the Huon Valley. “CAR” as it is
    pronounced, is his scouting name.

    The moto "ENSPIRING OTHERS TO ACHEIVE A LIFE TIME HOBBY" has been
    adopted by VK7HSD to encourage young people to participate &
    hopefully gain their Amateur radio license. Huonville scout troop
    already boasts 1 youth member & 2 leaders with their Foundation
    licenses currently.

    Currently radios include an Icom 706Mk2G with an AH4 tuner for
    HF operations as well as 2m & 70cm radios. The tower along with radio
    equipment have been kindly donated by many operators from around
    Australia.

    VK7HSD’s echo link node number 913668 & DMR id 5057118 will be
    active for scouting activities as well as for JOTA.

    They look forward to making contact from the southernmost Scouting
    District of Australia.

    73 from Michael, vk7mrs Huon District JOTA coordinator.



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    2019 Social Scene

    VK2 - SUMMERLAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'S SARCFEST 8:30am Aug 25 (wia)

    VK4 - Sunshine Coast Amateur Radios Sun-Fest 9AM, Saturday Sept 14
    @ Woombye School of Arts. (vk4an)


    VK4 - Townsville Amateur Radio Club's Cardwell Gathering 4 days
    commencing October 4 (vk4zz)


    VK3 - Yarra Valley Amateur Group HamFest, 13th October (vk3cnw)


    WW - JOTA 2019 Friday 18th, Sat 19 & Sunday 20 October (vk2gx)


    VK3 - Ballarat Amateur Radio Group, BARG Hamvention Oct 27 (vk3kqt)


    VK5 - AHARS Buy and Sell Marion RSL Nov 3rd (vk5srp)

    VK3 - ROSEBUD RADIOFEST November 17 (wia)



    2020 Social Scene

    ALARAMEET 2020 Bendigo (vk5yl)

    October 2 - 8 in Bendigo Victoria.





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